SARALAND, Alabama -- A 30-year-old man killed his 66-year-old mother in the 800 block of Second Avenue in Saraland Friday morning, according to police.

Saraland police said Gloria Vance was found unresponsive in her home around 10:30 a.m. and transported to Spring Hill Memorial Hospital where she was pronounced dead. Her son, 30-year-old Willie Vance Jr., was arrested and charged with her murder.

Detective Arlan Gaines said that though the official report had yet to be filed, it appeared Gloria Vance’s cause of death was strangulation.

"It appeared there was a brief argument (prior to the attack)," Gaines said.

The suspect lived at the home with his mother and father, though the father was not home at the time of the altercation, he said.

Gaines said Willie Vance Jr. appeared to have no local criminal record, though he was originally from Chicago. It wasn’t immediately clear if Vance had a record back home, he said.